Reginald Lal Singh. What about India – Now? [Indian Independence Poster, LA, 1943].
India News: 553 S. Western Avenue. Printed by the Allied Printing Trades Union Label Council. Los Angeles. 1943.
Broadside, 25” x 18”. Text and illus. printed at recto only. CONDITION: Very good, some toning at folds, minimal bubbling, no tears.
A delightfully graphic and informative poster announcing the demands of the Indian National Congress and other nationalist parties for the liberation of the subcontinent in the aftermath of the Second World War.
Reprinting what appears to have been a full page advertisement from the Washington Post, this poster prints “an open letter to Mr. Anthony Eden, Viscount Hallifax, Mr. Cordell Hull, Mr. Sumner Welles and the other distinguished statesmen now discussing post-war plans,” to turn their attention to “The Indian Question.” Among their demands, the authors declare that “India wants freedom — freedom that will speed the victory which alone will guarantee a durable peace,” and that “India believes that realistic post-war planning requires immediate steps to insure freedom for India — not after the war, but now!” In support of their earnest appeals, the poster also provides a series of testimonies showing “how leaders of American thought answer ‘The India Question.’” These print words by such notables as activist Louis Bromfield, who states “the Indian question is one of the most important facing the world today…it seems to me to be the obligation of all concerned to make every effort for a settlement as rapidly as possible.” Of note are two testimonies by US senators, Claude Pepper and Walter F. George, which are indicative of the appeal of the Indian cause to Americans in positions of power.
At the foot of the poster is an advertisement for a book, India—and the Struggle for Victory. It was evidently “a clear, short analysis of the subject by R. Lal Singh, Editor of India News, and for 18 years, member of the Indian National Congress.”
We note that Reginald Lal Singh (1905–1970) was born to Indian indentured laborers in British Guayana, and that he had grown up advocating for workers rights and racial equality in both Guyana and India. Following India’s independence, Singh pursued a brief career in Hollywood, where he is best remembered for playing Captain Chandra in Star Trek.
OCLC locates 2 broadsides issued by Singh under the India News imprint, at UCSB and UPenn. Correspondence by Singh to American men and women can be found in archival collections at Penn.
India News: 553 S. Western Avenue. Printed by the Allied Printing Trades Union Label Council. Los Angeles. 1943.
Broadside, 25” x 18”. Text and illus. printed at recto only. CONDITION: Very good, some toning at folds, minimal bubbling, no tears.
A delightfully graphic and informative poster announcing the demands of the Indian National Congress and other nationalist parties for the liberation of the subcontinent in the aftermath of the Second World War.
Reprinting what appears to have been a full page advertisement from the Washington Post, this poster prints “an open letter to Mr. Anthony Eden, Viscount Hallifax, Mr. Cordell Hull, Mr. Sumner Welles and the other distinguished statesmen now discussing post-war plans,” to turn their attention to “The Indian Question.” Among their demands, the authors declare that “India wants freedom — freedom that will speed the victory which alone will guarantee a durable peace,” and that “India believes that realistic post-war planning requires immediate steps to insure freedom for India — not after the war, but now!” In support of their earnest appeals, the poster also provides a series of testimonies showing “how leaders of American thought answer ‘The India Question.’” These print words by such notables as activist Louis Bromfield, who states “the Indian question is one of the most important facing the world today…it seems to me to be the obligation of all concerned to make every effort for a settlement as rapidly as possible.” Of note are two testimonies by US senators, Claude Pepper and Walter F. George, which are indicative of the appeal of the Indian cause to Americans in positions of power.
At the foot of the poster is an advertisement for a book, India—and the Struggle for Victory. It was evidently “a clear, short analysis of the subject by R. Lal Singh, Editor of India News, and for 18 years, member of the Indian National Congress.”
We note that Reginald Lal Singh (1905–1970) was born to Indian indentured laborers in British Guayana, and that he had grown up advocating for workers rights and racial equality in both Guyana and India. Following India’s independence, Singh pursued a brief career in Hollywood, where he is best remembered for playing Captain Chandra in Star Trek.
OCLC locates 2 broadsides issued by Singh under the India News imprint, at UCSB and UPenn. Correspondence by Singh to American men and women can be found in archival collections at Penn.